Nanomaterials Lab
3.0
creditsAverage Course Rating
The objective of the laboratory course will be to give students hands on experience in nanotechnology based device fabrication through synthesis, patterning, and characterization of nanoscale materials. The students will use the knowledge gained from the specific synthesis, characterization and patterning labs to design and fabricate a working nanoscale/nanostructured device. The course will be augmented with comparisons to microscale materials and technologies. These comparisons will be key in understanding the unique phenomena that enable novel applications at the nanoscale. DMSE Seniors or permission of the instructor.
Fall 2014
Professor: Patricia McGuiggan, Orla Wilson
Students praised this course for having a knowledgeable and engaged instructor and a manageable workload. Perceived issues with the course varied. Multiple students thought that the course was unstructured and that the course’s grading system wasn’t clear. Suggestions for improvement included a desire by some students for additional structure in the course with some students requesting a well-defined syl abus. Prospective students should know that students found the course didn’t require a significant amount of background knowledge.